kurai_kage

Like the above commenters, I can't even begin to be sympathetic.  In what world does someone trade less money for more.  (Maybe money laundering???)  Who would ever believe Apple might be involved?  This isn't even remotely close to something Elon would promote.  Ignorant people should NOT be taken advantage of, and that is just what these scams do.

libertyandfree said:

This is a proposal from people whom do not understand consumer electronics or economics.   Who in the world would want to repair a 7, 6 or even 5 year old phone or tablet?  The repair cost would exceed the device value or at best be a wash.  Typical European government wanting to interfere with the free market - the nanny state always goes too far.   Do these “geniuses” ever think that maybe one could buy a used 6 year old phone or tablet for a lot less than it would take to repair the same device.  This is a brain dead proposal from the Germans.  

Yes and no.  My extended family has a tradition of passing down old hardware.  Parents to kids, kids to cousins, cousins to extended friends and family, and so forth.  Not everyone has money to replace hardware regularly and kids in particular get stuck with very old hardware.  (iPhone 4/5 era)  Everyone is happy to get an upgrade, but by the time the phones get to their 3rd or 4th owners, the batteries aren't always doing their best.  Occasionally, a busted screen ends the chain early.  Reasonably priced replacement parts available for 5-7 years is just what is needed to keep a tradition like this going.

flydog said:

rob53 said:

If a developer emails me about a different payment process I’ll tell them to GTH and trash their app. 

Developer: "You can save 30 5% by purchasing using any major credit card."
Rob53: "Go to hell, I'll pay full price!!!!!"

Seems completely logical. 

There, fixed that for you.  Developers are not going to just give money away.  This argument by developers like Epic was only made to try to garner support from end users.  They were never intending to give back the full 30% to end user out of the goodness of their hearts.

AppleInsider did you happen to see if this was MFi certified?  I love to see a review if you can get a test unit.

Apple does in-shop battery replacements multiple times a day, but batteries are dangerous and finicky.  A couple of years ago we went in to replace a battery on a device out of warranty.  Prior to the battery repair they stressed doing a last minute iCloud backup.  While carefully pealing the battery out of the unit one of the cells shorted and the battery immediately started heating up.  Apple repair stations are setup for this possibility and the unit was immediately dumped into a secure container that would contain any potential fire or battery explosion.  The tech walked back out to us with a new device in a box, apologized profusely for the inconvenience, and then proceeded to comp and expertly install a screen cover free of charge.  We even got an upgrade out of the deal, the original phone was an iPhone 6 and they replaced it with a 6S.

I imagine that some repair shops would be willing to go to these lengths to satisfy a customer under the same situation, but the vast majority will not be in a position to immediately replace a customer's device if it were damaged during a repair.  Sure, in this potential right-to-repair future, I as a customer would have the option of paying more to have Apple repair my gear, but a lot of people are going to have bad experiences.